This value specifies how multibyte string types (SQL_CHAR, SQL_VARCHAR, SQL_LONGVARCHAR, etc.) should be mapped by the component. Either Unicode (SQL_C_WCHAR) or ANSI (SQL_C_CHAR) can be selected. The default value is Unicode.

This value specifies whether the data flow transformation is validated against columns that originated in external data sources. When server assets such as tables and stored procedures are created during processing, ValidateExternalMetadata is normally set to False, which prevents validation from completing at compile time.

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This is a collection of annotation items that can be used to specify documentation, tags, or other information. Annotations are particularly useful for storing information about nodes that can be used by BimlScript code.